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Meal deals and impulse categories under threat from rise in weight-loss drugs

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Daytime food-to-go, take-aways and impulse-led categories are particularly vulnerable to the rise in GLP-1 weight-loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, says a new report. The survey, from insights consultancy the Curious to Clear Collective, is based on a representative sample of 500 UK adults.…

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